Leaving Australia
It’s the end of the Australian leg of our trip. We returned our rental car and checked in for our two flights of the day. First there was a 3 hour flight back to Perth where we had to change …
Category: Northern Territories
Northern Territories 2010
Uluru to Alice Springs
It’s a 5 hour drive from Uluru to Alice Springs. Along these roads we picked up few geocaches to arrive in Alice in time for a visit to the School of the Air. For 50 years teachers used radio to …
Uluru – day 2
We woke up under a cloud covered sky this morning and worried a bit about the view we would see today. Fortunately the clouds began to clear around 10 when we started the Mala Walk. On this tour the ranger …
Uluru – day 1
Alarm clock at 5 in the morning! We were picked up by a 4WD bus for a view of the sun rising over Uluru. There were only 11 of us on the tour and the viewing location was at the …
Kings Canyon to Uluru
It was only a 300 Km drive from Kings Canyon to Uluru so we had plenty of time to enjoy the views along the way. Just out of Kings Canyon we saw a red kangaroo close to the road. It …
Kings Canyon
A few kilometers from the hotel we parked our car at the starting point of a 6 Km walk in Kings Canyon. The hike started with a 100m climb up stairs and gave a great view over the surroundings. The …
Alice Springs to Kings Canyon
We got on the road after breakfast for a 370 Km drive to Kings Canyon. We took several turnoffs along the Larapinta Drive, Simpsons Gap was the first then Standley Chasm, Ellery Creek Big Hole and The Ochre Pits. We …
Transfer day
Not a lot happened today. We returned our rental car at the domestic airport in Perth and flew 2000 Km east to Alice Springs. We heard from Hertz that the car we booked was not available as it was involved …